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42 min ago | Abc13.com

Texas high court agrees to rehear Exxon case

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said it will again hear arguments in the nearly 15-year legal battle over accusations that Exxon Mobil Corp.

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Related Topix: Exxon Mobil, Oil & Gas

5 hrs ago | PressConnects.com

Pa. residents sue Cabot Oil & Gas over polluted wells

DIMOCK, Pa. -- More than a dozen families have filed suit against one of the nation's largest natural gas drillers after the company polluted their water wells in northeastern Pennsylvania.

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Related Topix: Cabot Oil and Gas, Oil & Gas, Susquehanna County, PA

9 hrs ago | WNOL-TV New Orleans

Weak demand and rising crude prices lead to another refinery closing; 550 workers let go

Refineries from New Mexico to New Jersey are under severe economic pressure because of falling demand for fuel, with a number of facilities shutting down in recent months.

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Related Topix: Valero Energy, Oil & Gas, Delaware City, DE

13 hrs ago | The Age

Woodside faces $1bn blow-out in gas project

WOODSIDE Petroleum says costs on its Pluto liquefied natural gas project off Western Australia have blown out by up to $1 billion.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, Chevron Corporation

17 hrs ago | The Macon Telegraph

Economy, ash spill mean no TVA executive bonuses

Tennessee Valley Authority's top executives were told Thursday during a meeting in Kentucky not to expect performance bonuses this year because of a drop in electricity sales due to the poor economy and the massive coal ash spill at the Kingston plant in Tennessee.

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21 hrs ago | The Modesto Bee

Pa. utility commission approves gas co. sale

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has unanimously approved the sale of Dominion Peoples, Pittsburgh's largest natural gas utility, to a San Francisco-based investors group subsidiary.

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Related Topix: Richmond, VA, Dominion Resources, Banking, Financial Services, Dime Community Bancshares

Thu Nov 19, 2009

WMC-FM

Feds OK breakup to cut power costs in Ark., Miss.

Federal regulators have authorized Entergy Corp.'s utilities in two states to leave a multi-state agreement - a move expected to save money for ratepayers in Arkansas.

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Related Topix: Arkansas, Arkansas Government, Mississippi Government, Mississippi

Charleston Daily Mail

Woman awarded $3M in assault claim against KBR

An arbitrator has awarded a woman nearly $3 million to settle her claims that she was raped in Iraq by a State Department employee in 2005 while working for a former Halliburton Co.

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Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News, Halliburton, Oil & Gas

News8Austin

LCRA board approves 4 drought-response measures

The Lower Colorado River Authority board approved four drought response measures Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Agriculture, Science

BusinessWeek

Oil falls below $79 amid mixed economic signs

Oil prices slipped below $79 a barrel Thursday amid mixed signals over the strength of the global economic recovery.

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Related Topix: US Energy Systems

Denver Post

Xcel settles for rate hike that's lower than requested

Xcel Energy has reached a $136 million settlement in its rate case with two of the groups that opposed the utility's initial $182 million request, according to Public Utilities Commission filings.

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Related Topix: Xcel Energy, Colorado

Wed Nov 18, 2009

WHSV-TV Harrisonburg

Teenager Charged in Connection with Vandalism at WV Power Station

A Logan County teenager faces charges in connection with the vandalism of a transformer that left nearly 5,000 customers without electricity for almost 24 hours.

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Related Topix: Verdunville, WV, American Electric Power

ClipSyndicate

Activist, Speaker Erin Brockovich

Environmental activist and motivational speaker Erin Brockovich was instrumental obtaining the largest toxic tort injury settlement in U.S. history with the case against Pacific Gas and Electric and since then has encouraged people to stand up and make a difference.

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Related Topix: Pacific Gas and Electric, Video, Environmental

The Victoria Star

TransCanada forecasts 60 per cent increase in EBITDA between now and 2013

Natural gas shipper and power producer TransCanada Corp. is forecasting major growth between now and 2013.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, TransCanada, Natural Gas

Squamish Chief

Niko Resources acquires Black Gold oil company in Indonesia in deal...

Niko Resources Ltd. , a Calgary company that operates in Asia, says it has struck deals to acquire Black Gold LLC, its partner in all of the Canadian company's Indonesian offshore energy properties.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas

5NEWSonline.com

Offset proposal OK'd by judge: Pay for new work, reflect lower fuel costs, give relief to poor

An administrative law judge has approved a proposal by an electric utility serving northeast Oklahoma - including the Tulsa area - to collect a bit more money from most customers for a year.

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Related Topix: American Electric Power, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

KHOU-TV Houston

Former Vice President Cheney to endorse Hutchison

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is taking sides in the volatile race for Texas governor Tuesday, endorsing Republican U.S. Sen.

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Related Topix: Dick Cheney, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Rick Perry, US Governors, Houston Metro, Enbridge Energy Partners LP, Oil & Gas

Tue Nov 17, 2009

KAIT-TV Jonesboro

Entergy expects lower electric rates in early '10

Entergy Mississippi Inc. says its electricity rates could be 11 percent lower during the first three months of 2010 than they were for the same period this year.

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Related Topix: Entergy

ClipSyndicate

Kelly Says Xcel to Boost Spending for Renewable Energy: Video

Nov. 17 -- Richard Kelly, chief executive officer of Xcel Energy Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Lindsey Arent about the company's plan to add $1 billion a year in spending for renewable energy.

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Related Topix: Xcel Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Business News, Video

Hotel News Resource

Are You the Next Marriott Scholar?

The Hispanic College Fund and UNCF - the United Negro College Fund are accepting applications today through Feb.

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Related Topix: Hotels, Marriott International, Charitable Organizations, Oil & Gas, Morgan State University, Howard University, Culinary Institute of America

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